Sökning: "Community-based intervention"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 56 avhandlingar innehållade orden Community-based intervention.

1. 11. The impact of health promotion on health in old age : results from community-based studies in rural Bangladesh

   Författare :A K M Masud Rana; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Health promotion; older people; intervention study; community-based; rural; Bangladesh;

   Sammanfattning : Background: It is common knowledge that Bangladesh has a high prevalence of illness among its older people and that the government healthcare services offer them inadequate support. Despite this, however, information about older people s health and illnesses as a function of health promotion is scant. LÄS MER

3. 12. Intervention for improved newborn feeding and survival where HIV is common : Perceptions and effects of a community-based package for maternal and newborn care in a South African township

   Författare :Petrida Ijumba; Lars-Ake Persson; Debra Jackson; Mark Tomlinson; Jerker Liljestrand; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV; Community Health Workers; Exclusive breastfeeding; Formula feeding; South Africa;

   Sammanfattning : South Africa recently changed infant feeding policy within Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV from free formula to recommendation of breastfeeding for all. The country is evaluating the role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in supporting mothers and newborns. LÄS MER

4. 13. Health promotional interventions informed by community-based participatory research in a socially disadvantaged neighbourhood : development, exploration and evaluation

   Författare :Rathi Ramji; Anders Kottorp; Margareta Rämgård; Elisabeth Carlson; Yolanda Suarez Balcazar; Malmö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Participatory Action Research; Quality of Life; Physical Activity; Oral Health; Vårdvetenskap; Care science;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to understand the impact of community-based participatory research-informed health promotional initiatives on the health of communities living in socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Southern Sweden. The thesis was part of a larger program, Health promotion, Innovation in Collaboration which was a community-based participatory research program aiming to create novel ways to improve health through participatory and collaborative strategies. LÄS MER

5. 14. A community-based child drowning prevention program in Bangladesh : a model for low income countries

   Författare :Aminur Rahman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Child drowning;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Drowning is a global public health problem of children. Children of low- and middle-income countries are the most susceptible victims. Prevention measures implemented in high-income countries have effectively reduced drowning. LÄS MER

7. 15. Project Evaluation in Development Cooperation : A Meta-Evaluative Case Study in Tanzania

   Författare :Mikiko Cars; Jan-Ingvar Löfstedt; Roy Carr-Hill; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; meta-evaluation; social programme evaluation theories and methodology; international development cooperation; development evaluation; community based approach; actor oriented approach; participatory monitoring and evaluation; responsive-constructivist evaluation; Tanzania; International education; Internationell pedagogik;

   Sammanfattning : The research reported here is a meta-evaluative case study of project evaluation in the context of Official Development Cooperation (ODC) in the education sector in Tanzania, where the particular focus is on capturing the relative values attached to evaluation by various stakeholder groups.Perspectives from the constructivist paradigm are adopted, implying relativist ontology, subjectivist epistemology, and naturalistic interpretive methodology. LÄS MER